Welcome to bbc news. Ten of thousands of People Living in the us state of texas have been ordered to leave their homes, as flooding, caused by Tropical Storm harvey, continues to cause devastation. Its expected up to 30,000 people may need temporary emergency shelters, with more than two and a half feet of rain fallen on the city of houston alone. Unconfirmed reports suggest up to five people may have drowned, but Officials Say they cant confirm figures until the floodwaters recede. Thousands of people have had to be rescued, many plucked from rooftops by helicopter. What began as a category four hurricane in the gulf of mexico has become a Tropical Storm, meaning that the winds are much less than they were, but the rains are still causing devastation. 0ur correspondent Laura Trevelyan is in la grange, 100 miles west of houston in texas for us. Welcome to la grange in texas. Look at the water levels. You can just see how fast the water levels are rising here. The Colorado River has bro
Ireland and scotland. Also high wind in Northern England. Further south, plenty of sunshine and feeling warm. It cool feel across the north west under the cloud and rain. In some sunshine, a little more cloud, and across western areas. Very warm across western areas. Very warm across the south east of england. Hurricane harvey, now been downgraded to a category one hurricane and will soon become a tropical. The winds easing but the rainfall is our concern over the coming days. Up to one metre of rain in places. That will bring devastating flooding, life threatening flooding. We will keep an eye on this story. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines at 3 30pm. Eight people have died and four others are injured in a crash involving a mini bus and two lorries on the m1 near milton keynes. Three officers have been injured while arresting a man with a four foot sword outside buckingham palace. Police say he repeatedly shouted allahu akbar during the incident last night. Hurricane harvey weak
Ireland and scotland. Also high wind in Northern England. Further south, plenty of sunshine and feeling warm. It cool feel across the north west under the cloud and rain. In some sunshine, a little more cloud, and across western areas. Very warm across western areas. Very warm across the south east of england. Hurricane harvey, now been downgraded to a category one hurricane and will soon become a tropical. The winds easing but the rainfall is our concern over the coming days. Up to one metre of rain in places. That will bring devastating flooding, life threatening flooding. We will keep an eye on this story. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines at 3 30pm. Eight people have died and four others are injured in a crash involving a mini bus and two lorries on the m1 near milton keynes. Three officers have been injured while arresting a man with a four foot sword outside buckingham palace. Police say he repeatedly shouted allahu akbar during the incident last night. Hurricane harvey weak
Ireland and scotland. Also high wind in Northern England. Further south, plenty of sunshine and feeling warm. It cool feel across the north west under the cloud and rain. In some sunshine, a little more cloud, and across western areas. Very warm across western areas. Very warm across the south east of england. Hurricane harvey, now been downgraded to a category one hurricane and will soon become a tropical. The winds easing but the rainfall is our concern over the coming days. Up to one metre of rain in places. That will bring devastating flooding, life threatening flooding. We will keep an eye on this story. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines at 3 30pm. Eight people have died and four others are injured in a crash involving a mini bus and two lorries on the m1 near milton keynes. Three officers have been injured while arresting a man with a four foot sword outside buckingham palace. Police say he repeatedly shouted allahu akbar during the incident last night. Hurricane harvey weak
Ireland and scotland. Also high wind in Northern England. Further south, plenty of sunshine and feeling warm. It cool feel across the north west under the cloud and rain. In some sunshine, a little more cloud, and across western areas. Very warm across western areas. Very warm across the south east of england. Hurricane harvey, now been downgraded to a category one hurricane and will soon become a tropical. The winds easing but the rainfall is our concern over the coming days. Up to one metre of rain in places. That will bring devastating flooding, life threatening flooding. We will keep an eye on this story. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines at 3 30pm. Eight people have died and four others are injured in a crash involving a mini bus and two lorries on the m1 near milton keynes. Three officers have been injured while arresting a man with a four foot sword outside buckingham palace. Police say he repeatedly shouted allahu akbar during the incident last night. Hurricane harvey weak